Puzzle



v. J. KING.

(No Model.)

PUZZLE.

IN VE N TOR C/di /i 1% U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR JOHN KING, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,483, dated September 29, 1896.

Application filed October 9 189 5.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VICTOR JOHN KING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to puzzles; and the object thereof is to provide a novel device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and which is comparatively inexpensive, and the solution of which, while being entertaining, is difficult, but may be accomplished by the exercise of care and skill in the manipulation thereof; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which' Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved puzzle, and Fig. 2 a transverse vertical section on the line 2 2.

In the practice of my invention I provide a circular box or casing A, having a bottom B and a top or partition plate 0, above which the circular side walls are projected, as shown in Fig. 2.

Formed in the circular top or partition plate 0 are a plurality of circular openings D, which are arranged in a circle, as shown in Fig. 1, and which are preferably eight in number, though any desired or preferred number may be employed.

Formed centrally in the top or partition plate 0 is an opening E, which is inclosed by a circular flange F, from which project the flanges or plates G, which are four in number, and each of which projects in the direction of one of the openings D, and by means of this arrangement four equal spaces or chambers H are formed.

Each of the circular openings D is provided with a segmental flange d at the back thereof, and each alternate opening is also provided with a radial flange K, which extends from the central portion of the segmental flange cl Serial No. 565,119. (No model.)

outwardly to the side walls of the box or casing, and formed at one side of said box or casing, thereof, is a spiral raceway L, which communicates at M with the circular space above the top or partition plate 0 and at N with the lower portion of the circular chamber below said top or partition plate, and formed on the upper portion of the box or casing is a segmental chamber 0, which communicates with the circular space above the top or partition plate 0 at P, and it will be seen that the opening D, between the openings P and M, has its flange d connected by a radial flange with the outside flange.

Vithin the chamber below the circular top or partition plate 0 is placed a spherical body or ball R, and the solution of the puzzle consists in so manipulating the device as to pass said ball through the spiral raceway L into the circular chamber above the top or partition plate 0 and around the holes or openings D, following the course of the arrows in Fig. 1, and into the segmental chamber 0 without said ball entering or falling through one of the holes or openings D, and it will be understood that the flanges d, at the rear sides of the holes or openings D, and the radial flanges G, around the central circular opening, will aid in this operation, as do also the radial flanges K, which connect the alternate segmental flanges d with the side walls of the box or casing. This solution is exceedingly difficult, becauseof the smooth upper surface of the top or partition plateG and the location or arrangement of the circular holes or openings D and the direction of the flanges G; but it may be accomplished by the exercise of care and skill in the manipulation of the device.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, and arrangement of the parts herein shown and described, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such alterations therein and modifications thereof as fairly come within the scope of the invention. 7

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- Apuzzle comprising a circular box or case, a partition-plate fixed therein above and paroutside of the circular side walls allel with the bottom and having formed in it a plurality of circular openings arranged in a circle and also a central opening; a circular flange about the circular openin g and four radial flanges extending therefrom; segmental flanges formed about the circularlopenin gs a radial flange extending outwardly from each alternate segmental flange, a spiral raceway formed outside of the circular sidewalls and communicating with the space inclosed by the side Walls and also communicating with the chamber or space below the partition-plates, and a movable ball, all arranged and c011- structed as herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 4th day of October, 1895.

VICTOR JOHN KING.

lVitnesses:

HARRY THORNTON DAYTON, GEORGE I-I. LEONARD. 

